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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Elder-Basilisk" data-source="post: 2581679" data-attributes="member: 3146">Good spells for the weapon:Sor/Wiz:1. Shocking Grasp--good energy damage, early availability at max effectiveness. Magic Missile--good damage at level 9+, no immunities  Ray of enfeeblement--good strength penalty2. Touch of idiocy-good against casters, and characters who get bonuses from mental stats--paladins, blackguards, nymphs, monks, etc. as well as characters who use feats with mental stat requirements. Fighters who use improved trip are especially vulnerable since they typically only have a 12-14 int, so you can drop them below Combat Expertise qualifying levels- Wracking Touch-the save for half weakens it, but automatically adding sneak attack dice to the damage is great- Blindness/Deafness- would be a good choice but has a low DC- Command Undead- an interesting choice but it could be useful against unintelligent undead though you'd probably be better off just casting it.3- Empowered Shocking Grasp- Excellent damage and immune to DM misinterpretation since the minimum caster level (5) also grants max damage.Empowered Magic Missile- like empowered shocking grasp but not immune to DM interpretation and less variable damageEmpowered Ray of Enfeeblement- Excellent strength penalty.Halt Undead- Not a bad spell against undead though the save DC makes it useless agiainst free-willed undeadHold Person- The relatively low save DC will make this less useful the higher level you are.Slow- The low save DC and weak effect make this less useful than hold person. Sure, it automatically dispels haste, but that isn't a factor as often as other things like damage or strength penalties.Dispel Magic- Not a bad targetted spell to put into it. It'll run out of steam by level 12-14 or so, but it can be quite impressive against a heavily buffed foe.Divine Spells:1. Doom - Low save DC and weak effect means this is a poor choice. If you can get the target to fail a will save go for something else.Command - Low DC means it's not too good and if you can get the target to fail a save, you should go for something else (maybe bestow curse)2. Divine Vengeance - Very good against undead- Hold Person - The low DC means that it will be less effective the higher level you get, but otherwise it's decent.- Lesser Restoration - Not a bad spell to put in a weapon if you don't mind dealing some damage to yourself or your friends in return for a low casting time.3. - Bestow Curse - A very very good effect, but the target needs to fail a save which gets easier as you get higher level.- Cure Serious Wounds - Not bad against undead, but the increasingly easy save for half weakens it. And Divine Vengeance deals more damage to undead on average too. CSW, however, isn't bad on a sap. Use quickdraw and a full attack to heal yourself of damage as part of a full attack action.- Poison - You've got to get a druid to cast it, but this is one of the best spells out there for a spell storing weapon. Why? Because, almost alone amond spells, the save DC is not dependent upon the level of the spell but rather upon caster level. A 20th level caster with a 30 wisdom would have a DC 30 save on the poison spell.</blockquote>

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